Bengaluru: Two people involved in two-wheeler thefts in the city were arrested and 20 vehicles worth Rs 15 lakhs were recovered from them, police said on Sunday.

According to police, the action followed a complaint by a resident of Varahasandra within the jurisdiction of Talaghattapura Police Station on March 21.

In the complaint, it was stated that on the night of March 20, the complainant had parked his two-wheeler near Yellamma Temple.

Upon returning, he found that unknown persons had stolen the vehicle. Based on the complaint, a two-wheeler theft case was registered at Talaghattapura Police Station.

During the course of investigation, the police pursued multiple angles and gathered credible information through informants. Acting on this information, on April 16, the police apprehended two accused persons near NICE Road along with a two-wheeler.

During interrogation, the accused confessed to committing the theft and further revealed their involvement in stealing multiple two-wheelers across various parts of Bengaluru city, the police said.

They also disclosed that the stolen vehicles were hidden at different locations, police said in a release.

Based on the accused's information, police recovered 20 stolen two-wheelers from different locations. The total value of the recovered vehicles is Rs15 lakhs.

With the arrest of the accused, 3 two-wheeler theft cases of Talaghattapura Police Station, 2 cases of Konanakunte Police Station, and one case each from Girinagar, Commercial Street, Banashankari, Tilaknagar, Bandepalya, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Hanumanthanagar, Bharathinagar, Subramanyapura, and Siddapura Police Stations have been detected. In addition, 5 other two-wheeler theft cases across various police stations in Bengaluru city have also been solved — totaling 20 cases, police said.

Both the accused were produced before the court, which has remanded them to judicial custody, they added.